how did you find out about it, jonah? >> i was watching tv. >> oh, good. >> they said it on tv and i freaked out and started running around. then i immediately started speaking to these guys and everyone involved with the movie, my family. i don't know. we were talking about no matter what it means to you and how exciting it is, and this guy produced the film and worked with it through so many incoronations and it truly -- we would not even be close to here today without his work and care for this project. but what i said to him is no matter what it means to me it would mean so much more to my family, my parents, more than it will ever mean to me. they're so thrilled. they can't believe it. >> you're an oscar nominated actor for a serious role in a movie that almost didn't get made many times. in fact, you know, one of the things that happened went through director, screen writer shakeups, executives killed it. you kept it alive, one could say, stubbornly for years. why couldn't you let this one go? >> there was this grea